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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively prevent engine stall of an internal combustion engine provided with a supercharger and a motor for raising supercharging pressure of the supercharger and improve overall performance of the internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: ECU 100 performs an engine stall prevention process in parallel with a fuel injection process. In the engine stall prevention process, ECU 100 operates a motor of MAT 206 to assist rise of supercharging pressure when rotation speed Ne of an engine 200 gets less than a threshold rotation speed A. An upper limit value Qf of fuel injection quantity defined as limit to generate material to be removed such as smoke rises with accompanying rise of actual supercharging pressure Pr by assist by the motor, and quantity of fuel which can be injected increases. Consequently, fuel to secure low speed torque can be injected in low rotation speed zone and engine stall can be prevented. Also, ECU 100 operates MAT 206 in a period other than transient period to raise supercharging pressure as high as possible. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an internal combustion engine equipped with a supercharger and a driving means for assisting the supercharger and avoiding deterioration of power performance. SOLUTION: The engine 200 is equipped with a MAT (Motor Assist Turbocharger) 206. In a transitional operation period of the engine 200, when assist capacity of the MAT 206 becomes insufficient due to, for instance, insufficient remaining power of a battery 219 or the like and an actual charging pressure Pr become lower than a target charging pressure Pa, increase correction is made to a reference injection quantity specified according to the actual charging pressure Pr. In this case, a correction amount is calculated based on a differential pressure between the actual charging pressure Pr and an estimate charging pressure Pest estimated on the assumption that the maximum assist capacity is provided by the motor. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve fuel economy of a vehicle by accurately controlling a drive amount of a motor. SOLUTION: As engine rotation speed NE is higher, base assist amount Dn(%) is calculated smaller (step 102). As a gear position is in lower gear position side, namely gear ratio is larger, coefficient k is established smaller (step 104). Final assist amount Df (%) is calculated (step 106) by multiplying base assist amount Dn and the coefficient k. When battery voltage is higher than a predetermined value, the motor is driven by the final assist amount Df(%) (step 110). COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To actualize smooth uphill-slope start by sufficiently increasing supercharging pressure. SOLUTION: Pre-assist base power Vpreb is calculated corresponding to a vehicle weight W(kg). Along therewith, the inclination of an uphill slope where a vehicle is located is calculated from an acceleration A(m/s2) and pre-assist inclination correcting power Vprei is calculated corresponding to the inclination (Step 102). By adding the pre-assist base power Vpreb to the pre-assist inclination correcting power Vprei, pre-assist final power Vpref is calculated (Step 104). When the pre-start of the vehicle is determined in Step 106, the pre-assist final power Vpref is supplied to the motor of a MAT in Step 108 (MAT pre-assist ON). COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide technology enable to maintain bed temperature of a NOx catalyst in a temperature range enabling SOx poisoning elimination during SOx poisoning elimination treatment. SOLUTION: A poisoning elimination treatment means executing SOx poisoning elimination treatment eliminating poisoning of an occlusion reduction type NOx catalyst by sulfur oxide stops execution of SOx poisoning elimination treatment (S119), raises temperature of exhaust gas flowing into a NOx catalyst and executes exhaust gas temperature/bed temperature maintaining treatment maintaining bed temperature of the NOx catalyst in the temperature range enabling elimination of poisoning (S120) when temperature of exhaust gas flowing into the NOx catalyst drops to a first predetermined temperature or lower during execution of Sox poisoning elimination treatment, and stops execution of exhaust gas temperature/bed temperature maintaining treatment (S122) and executes SOx poisoning elimination treatment again (S114) when temperature of exhaust gas flowing into the NOx catalyst rises to a second predetermined temperature which is higher than the first predetermined temperature, or higher by execution of exhaust gas temperature/bed temperature maintaining treatment. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an exhaust emission control device of an internal combustion engine, capable of effectively removing a sulfur component held in a NOx holding agent, while restraining the deterioration in fuel consumption. SOLUTION: This exhaust emission control device has the NOx holding agent arranged on an engine exhaust passage, and a sulfur holding quantity estimating means for estimating a sulfur component holding quantity held in the NOx holding agent. Sulfur poisoning recovery control is performed for controlling so as to substantially set the air-fuel ratio of inflow exhaust gas to the NOx holding agent to the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio or rich, and to maintain the temperature of the NOx holding agent in the sulfur separation starting temperature or more by raising the temperature, when the sulfur component holding quantity estimated by the sulfur holding quantity estimating means becomes a predetermined holding quantity or more. The sulfur poisoning recovery control is stopped when idle operation is performed when performing the sulfur poisoning recovery control. The sulfur poisoning recovery control is stopped after a predetermined delay time (t 0 to t 1 ) passes after starting the idle operation. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To maintain capacity for oxidation of an EGR catalyst by oxidatively removing PM deposited on the EGR catalyst, and prevent melting loss of the EGR catalyst in an exhaust-emission control system of an internal combustion engine provided with an EGR system having the EGR catalyst. SOLUTION: The exhaust-emission control system is provided with an exhaust-emission control means for trapping particulates contained in exhaust gas, an EGR passage, an EGR cooler, the EGR catalyst, and an EGR valve. In the combustion cycle of the internal combustion engine, a secondary injection of an additional fuel-injection is carried out at a specified timing after a primary injection in order to oxidatively remove particulates trapped by the exhaust-emission control means, and at the same time exhaust gas is allowed to flow to the EGR catalyst through the EGR passage by opening the EGR valve (S107-S112) in a specified period during the secondary injection is being carried out. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an exhaust control device for an internal combustion engine efficiently suppressing generation of white smoke after sulfur poisoning regeneration control. SOLUTION: In this exhaust emission control device for the internal combustion engine, an exhaust emission control means including a NOx occlusion agent is arranged on an exhaust passage, and when a sulfur content is required to be discharged from the NOx occlusion agent, the sulfur poisoning regeneration control including addition of a reducing agent to inside of the exhaust passage in the upstream side of the exhaust emission control means is performed (Step 103). The exhaust emission control device for the internal combustion engine is provided with a means for estimating the amount of the reducing agent adhering to inside of the exhaust passage. Upon completion of the sulfur poisoning regeneration control or discontinuance of the sulfur poisoning regeneration control before its completion (Step 107), when the amount of the reducing agent estimated by the estimation means exceeds a predetermined amount, the exhaust emission control device performs sulfur poisoning post-regeneration temperature control (Step 109) for predetermined time, for suppressing rise, maintenance or decline of temperature of a part from the vicinity of an adding position of the reducing agent up to reaching the exhaust emission control means of the exhaust passage while addition of the reducing agent is stopped, and then returns to ordinary control. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology capable of upgrading a detection accuracy of exhaust temperatures by an exhaust temperature sensor in an exhaust emission purifier device of internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: The purifier device includes a bulkhead 301 having a plurality of through-holes 301b from an upstream, an exhaust temperature sensor 4 equipped with a detecting element 4a, a casing 3 storing a catalyst 303a having an oxidizing function and provided in an exhaust passage, and a reducing agent supplying means for supplying the reducing agent from upper stream side than the bulkhead 301. The detecting element 4a of the exhaust temperature sensor 4 is projected on the bulkhead 301 parallel to the circulating direction of exhaust gas, and a through-hole 301c is provided such that it overlaps the projected detecting element. Further, the size of the through-hole 301c that overlaps the projected detecting element 4a is made larger than the ones of the other through-holes 301b. Consequently, the volume of exhaust gas that passes through the detecting element 4a can be larger. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a state wherein vehicle behavior control is performed by using regenerative action of an electric motor. SOLUTION: Target supercharging pressure is calculated in accordance with an accelerator opening AA and engine speed NE (Step 104). When it is determined that supercharging pressure PIM exceeds the target supercharging pressure (Yes in Step 106), it is estimated that torque generated in an internal combustion engine is large, and it is determined that suppression of the torque generated in the internal combustion engine is required. In this case, regenerative action of the electric motor of a MAT is performed (Step 108). COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT